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Are you playing Roulette with your fiscal health?

We all contribute to global warming every day. The carbon dioxide you produce by driving your car and leaving the lights on adds up quickly. You may be surprised by how much Co2 you are emitting each year, particularly if you operate a commercial business. Calculate your personal impact and learn how you can take action to reduce or even eliminate your emissions of carbon dioxide.

CALCULATE YOUR IMPACT HERE

Fighting Oil Addiction 2008

Ranking States' Oil Vulnerability and Solutions for Change

Source: Natural Resources Defense Council

The sharp rise in gas prices has been a reminder that America's addiction to oil continues to threaten our economic viability, our national security and global environmental health. To curb this perilous addiction, we need effective government policies that will increase the availability and use of efficient vehicles and clean fuels and that will promote smart growth and public transit. This July 2008 issue paper identifies the states that are most vulnerable to spikes in oil prices?and those states that are doing the most to break their addiction to oil.

For the full Report go the NRDC website. There you can find:

OVERVIEW & QUICK REFERENCE

• Press release
• Fact Sheet

FULL REPORT IN PDF

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary
Chapter 1: Oil Vulnerability Rankings: Who Is Hardest-Hit?
Chapter 2: Breaking Our Addiction: Solutions to Oil Dependence
Chapter 3: Conclusion
Appendix: Methodology
& Conclusions

Below is a document illustrating an Oil Dependency Audit conducted by The University of Liverpool

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Even CNN did a report recently on a study performed that ranked individual state's vulnerability to oil prices. You can Access the article HERE!

Is Your Business At Risk?

The following is a study conducted for the Oil Vulnerability in the Operations of Businesses and Commercial Organizations

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For more information about how your businesses can be affected by rising energy costs, check out the

Behavioral and Social Aspects of Energy Consumption and Production: Preliminary Report (1982)

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the document

Small Business Energy Policy